Eight Years and Counting
The Appin Cats Project recognizes 2026 as our anniversary of 8 years of rescue, grateful to be able to lend our hands and our hearts to a cause that is extremely important to us. Along the way, we’ve made some great friends, forged partnerships with humane societies, rescues, and shelters.
Our methods have evolved over the years, and we’ve learned from our many mistakes, but one thing remains clear: there is no end in sight to the suffering, and it’s not going away by ignoring it.
Our goals remain the same: ending cycles of unwanted pregnancies, reducing feral populations exploding due to ignorance or lack of care, educating our communities to make this epidemic a thing of the past.
Recently, after partnering with Caregivers of Petrolia Ferals, Southwest Middlesex Animal Shelter, and having the support of Humane Society London Middlesex, as well as Sarnia and District Humane Society, we became involved with wonderful volunteers in the Glencoe and Strathroy area to support Strathroy Feline Network, a resource for pet support in the community. Together, we have worked on ending two active colonies in the area. Our success (thanks to our supporting partners) has emboldened us; we will continue this mission to advocate for change in our bylaws.
The Appin Cats Project continues to offer resources, information, and advice to those in our community who ask for it. While we have not actively done any intaking for the last two years, we continue to act as a sanctuary and short-term respite, pairing our community’s needs to those who can help.
Although we no longer actively seek donations, we are grateful to accept them, as we maintain a family of 25+ (some of them our own!), providing ongoing shelter, love, healthcare. We have a donation page, an adoption page, and are available to be of help wherever we can.
Our future is headed towards political advocacy to change the laws and the bylaws that govern our homed, stray, and feral populations. Most municipalities, and a number of larger towns, and some cities, have pitifully poor to nonexistent animal bylaws (especially when it comes to cats). We continue to advocate for changes to our federal and provincial laws, as well as the installation of reasonable bylaws and programs to help keep pet guardianship affordable and sustainable for all. Most importantly, we continue to fight for humane treatment of all animals, regardless of whether they are wildlife, domesticated, stray, or feral.
If you have the passion and the desire to see real change when it comes to how are animals are protected, drop us a line. Together, we can make a change.
